The
Judgment of the Court was delivered by N.P. SINGH, J. - Leave granted

2. A
group of writ petitions were disposed of by a Division Bench of the Madhya
Pradesh High Court on 21-8-1993, which related to admission to the
Medical and DentalColleges in the said State. The Division Bench came to the
conclusion that it was not open to the State Government to reduce the minimum
qualifying marks in General English in order to make seats available to SC/ST
candidates by virtue of the said relaxation.

3.
Some special leave petitions filed against the same judgment in the connected
writ petitions, Rajesh Kumar Verma v. State of M.P and State of M.P v. Chitresh Kasliwal1 were disposed
of by this Court on 21-1-1994.This Court allowed the aforesaid civil appeals
and set aside the impugned order dated 21-8-1993 of the Division Bench of the High
Court.

4.
These civil appeals have been filed on behalf of the State of Madhya Pradesh, against similar orders passed by
the Division Bench in different writ petitions filed on behalf of the
respondents. All the appeals are disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 21-1-1994 of this Court. The appeals filed on behalf of the
State of Madhya Pradesh are allowed and the orders passed
by the High Court are set aside. There will be no order for costs.